Griffith, Melanie

Melanie Griffith is an American film actress best known for her roles in popular Hollywood films such as Body Double (1984), Something Wild (1986) and Milk Money (1994). The notoriously baby-voiced actress won a Golden Globe Award for her critically-acclaimed role in the film Working Girl (1988) opposite Sigourney Weaver. Griffith is the daughter of actress and animal activist Tippi Hedren who most famously appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). Griffith is married to Spanish film star Antonio Banderas and is the former wife of Miami Vice star Don Johnson. Griffith is set to star in the upcoming film Automata (2014) opposite husband Antonio Banderas and Dylan McDermott.

Celebrity events pack lots of plastic surgery into one space. So when Radar Online caught Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith posing together at a CinemaCon party in Las Vegas they were able to analyze whether or not the trio was dabbling in plastic surgery.

54-year old Melanie Griffith has become more famous for being a victim of too much plastic surgery rather than being a Working Girl after undergoing numerous procedures including a rumored breast augmentation, liposuction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), repeated lip augmentation and Botox injections, and a possible forehead lift and facelift (See Make Me Heal’s story on Melanie Griffith’s plastic surgery). Whether it was due to plastic surgery recovery after breast augmentation or a lack of roles, Melanie hasn’t been in many films the past few years.

“In my opinion, Melanie Griffith (who is 54) has been the poster-child for overdone plastic surgery for years,” says Dr. Youn. “Her lips and cheeks appear plumped to unnatural proportions, while the rest of her face has a waxy sheen of supermarket fruit.”

With an upcoming role on Desperate Housewives, it looks like Melanie Griffith is returning to a more natural look, without the plastic surgery that has ostracized her from acting over the past few years. 54-year old Melanie Griffith has become more famous for being a victim of too much plastic surgery rather than being a Working Girl after undergoing numerous procedures including a rumored breast augmentation, liposuction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), repeated lip augmentation and Botox injections, and a possible forehead lift and facelift (See Make Me Heal’s story on Melanie Griffith’s plastic surgery).

Even though Antonio Banderas has forbidden his wife Melanie Griffith from ever having plastic surgery again and even threatened to leave her if she were to go under the knife again, it seems that she may not be listening to her hubby’s warning and might have succumbed to her cosmetic surgery addiction again.

Melanie’s appearance at the film premiere of Shrek The Third in Hollywood this past weekend sparked new rumors that she has had more cosmetic surgery.

Looking overdone and in a cake of make up, Melanie Griffith’s forehead appeared tight without a trace of a wrinkle, and the rest of her face no signs of aging – no crows’ feet around the eyes, no under eye bags, and no laugh lines. While youthful genes are always a possibility, the reality is that it is hardly believable that the 49-year old actress would not have any wrinkles at this stage of her life. Additionally, her cosmetically injected blow-fish lips seemed to have returned. Even though there is an absence of wrinkles, the result is not natural.

London based plastic surgeon Apostolos Gaitanis is quite sure that Melanie Griffith has gone under the knife again. “It is possible that her youthful looks are down to genes, but I would say that in this case it is unlikely,” says Dr. Gaitainis.

Melanie Griffith is rumored to have had a breast augmentation, liposuction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), repeated lip augmentation and Botox injections, and a possible forehead lift and face lift.

It is quite surprising that Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith have made it 11 years, as the two could not be more diametrically apart on the subject of cosmetic surgery. Banderas has said that he wants to grow old with wrinkles and that he detests the obsession with youth that pervades Hollywood.

“This lust for beauty is a terrible thing. I’ve forbidden her from ever going to a cosmetic surgeon again. It is something we have agreed to for the sake of our marriage,” said Banderas..

“I said to her, ‘I want to see you growing old and I will grow old with you too, and I don’t care’. I like her the way she is. Wrinkles are beautiful,” says Banderas.

Fans and Make Me Heal alike prefer Melanie Griffith without these repeated episodes of cosmetic enhancements. Melanie Griffith used to be an attractive woman and her flaws and quirks made her unique in the Hollywood landscape. Her abuse of cosmetic surgery is unhealthy for herself and her family and she needs to stop before it becomes irreversible. Her abuse of plastic surgery can be likened to someone who is using a quick fix to escape their real problems, as what is going on with Melanie Griffith is a deep-seated issue that goes beyond the surface of her skin. We hope she pulls through and listens to her husband.

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